Isaiah 23:12:4Isa.23.12.W4TAB
לַעְל֑וֹז
laeloz
“to exult or to rejoice”
- Transliteration
- la-e-LOZ
- Extended
- lah-eh-LOHZ
- IPA
- /laʕ.ˈloːz/
Meaning by language
- English
- to exult or to rejoice
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Zayin | z as in zero |
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Word in context
- word
la-e-LOZ
- clause
va-YO-mer lo-to-si-FI OD la-e-LOZ
- sentence
va-YO-mer lo-to-si-FI OD la-e-LOZ ha-me-u-sha-KA be-tu-LAT bat-tsi-DON khe-ti-IM ki-TIM ku-MI a-VO-ri gam-SHAM lo-ya-NU-akh LAKH
Exegesis
The negation loʾ-tōsîp̄î {לֹֽא-תוֹסִ֥יפִי | lōʾ tōsîp̄î} ‘you shall no longer continue’ governs the infinitive laʿlōz {לַעְל֑וֹז | laʿlōz} ‘to rejoice,’ forming a negated infinitival clause.
Root and etymology
ʿ-l-zayin–lamed–zayin
“to exult”
In context — Isaiah 23:12
And He said, “You shall no longer rejoice, O oppressed virgin, daughter of Sidon; arise, cross over to Kittim —even there there shall be no rest for you.”
About this coordinate
Isaiah 23:12:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Isaiah 23:12, so the Hebrew word לַעְל֑וֹז (laeloz) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Isa.23.12.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.23.12.W4.S1) and character.